Girls' name · since 2008
Saffiyah
74 babies named Saffiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,739 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Saffiyah is the #12739 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 74 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saffiyah has been recorded 74 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #12739 nationally and more common than 26% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #30,541 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,739 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saffiyah ranks #30,541 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,739 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 74 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,739 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saffiyah's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saffiyah compares
74 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saffiyah's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saffiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saffiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saffiyah's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saffiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Saffiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Saffiyah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Saffiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Saffiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saffiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saffiyah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.